Networking basics

Question 1

What is hypermedia

Answer 1

Expansion on hypertext, includes not only hypertext but also audio and graphics etc

Question 2

Difference between the internet and the world wide web

Answer 2

The internet is a network of networks, made from computers and cables. The world wide web is an abstact space of information.

Question 3

TCP/IP

Answer 3

Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

The rules and guidelines on the internet

Question 4

The IP protocol

Answer 4

uses IP addresses to identify machines in the internet.

Host names are translated into IP addresses

Host names are only for human understanding

IPv4 : Four 8 bit numbers, seperated by a dot.

Question 5

Transmission Control Protocol(TCP)

Answer 5

Establishes and maintains a connection to the destination

Cuts data into chunks(packets)

Manages the order of packets

Manages the correctness of packets

Re-assembles the packet puzzle on dest